that is not how he found her on the piece is -- every american wants to believe that supreme court nominees are the most qualified. that is embedded in our dna. we want that. but biden did not even start there. he said, i'm going to pick it someone based on appearance. how should we feel about that. judging charlie is a legal scholar. he joins us. thanks so much for coming on. i don't think -- logical in the slightest or i don't even know what your politics are. is this the way that a president ought to picked up single most important appointee of his presidency? >> no, not the way he did it. you know, this is -- it is really striking how unnecessary this was, how unprecedented was and how unfair was to nominees. you know? he could have said like past presidents have said that he